The Ferns (Filicales): Volume 2, The Eusporangiatae and Other Relatively Primitive Ferns

Frederick Orpen Bower (1855-1948) was a renowned botanist appointed Regius Professor of Botany at the University of Glasgow in 1885. Published between 1923 and 1928, this work contains the first systematic classification of ferns. Volume 2 describes, analyses and classifies primitive and fossil ferns.